WELCOME TO THE CHILDNET ACADEMY!

The Childnet Academy is a unique competition for young people who are developing internet projects or exciting online ideas to benefit other children. Run by children’s charity Childnet this International project has been run for the last 8 years and helped inspire young people all around the world to use the internet for good.

Over the last 8 years Award ceremonies have been held in London, Sydney, Barbados, Washington, Paris. The 2005 competition culminated in a week-long Academy held in Jamaica where winners and local young people received specialist web support, leadership training and technical advice. Winners also received a grant from the Academy’s £30,000 web development fund.

Unfortunately Childnet is not able to extend the Academy programme for 2006 but hopes that it will be possible to develop a new programme in coming years. In the meantime we hope that visitors will visit the previous winning projects and be inspired by the wonderful work been done by young people from all over the world who are committed to using the internet for good.

Academy Winner showcases the conference in Jamaica 2005! Samuel Odofin, the Nigerian developer of the amazing bio-technology site which won a place at this year's Academy reports on the conference...

Looking At You
After hearing about an episode on a popular TV programme in which a person going blind shot himself, three pupils from the Royal Blind School in Scotland decided it was time to develop a website giving a positive message about living with visual impairments.

Academy Winner 2005

Parent of Academy winner, UK:

As a parent of a winner I am astounded by the amount of expertise and opportunities to experience new aspects of life that have been brought altogether for one whole week - Nowhere else would this be possible for my son to learn so much - thank you